The private equity-leveraged buyout form of finance capitalism: Ethical and social issues, and potential reforms

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-404

  Nielsen, Richard P ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBA   (Greece)

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EID: 47849124871     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200818328     Document Type: Review

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